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In 1973, a black police officer started a process that would eventually civilianize thousands of NYPD positions in traffic enforcement. The former police jobs were then handled by a new uniformed ...
They’re not just meter maids anymore. NYPD traffic enforcement agents, once relegated to just writing parking tickets and directing traffic, have been given new duties over the last few years ...
The NYPD plans to replace the department-blue uniforms used by some of its traffic enforcement agents — a move that has provoked a firestorm of opposition from workers who claim the distinctive ...
On Thursday, June 11, hundreds of New York City Traffic Enforcement Agents and Supervisors stopped work for eight minutes and 46 seconds to commemorate the tragic murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis ...
Called the Barnacle, it is being used by the NYPD’s traffic teams for parking enforcement. And while it basically appears to be a plastic yellow box that covers a vehicle's windshield ...
The latest crackdown is part of Mayor Bill de Blasio's "Vision Zero'' initiative aimed at reducing traffic and pedestrian deaths. The NYPD issued 4,814 tickets during a two-day crackdown on ...